@fatboy
Oh that is what I am thinking. I fell in the mirror and stepped through a better man. I can only say ... thanx ...

I thought the US became involved in WW2 because Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and they stayed involved because they thought a Eurasian nazi power block seemed like a bad idea (apart from that Hitler never would have stopped there). No personally i liked the Marshall plan (the US support for the rebuilding of western Europe) a lot more. It built a great lot of goodwill in Europe and made (western Europe) a strong partner for a long time.

I am not touching the cold war for now, bit too big a subject. Maybe another thread?

I think you are evading the question. Maybe you can tell me what you think the real reason is that the US invaded Iraq. Maybe you already did so somewhere else, then please indulge me.

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